FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 54A Referral of questions to a referee
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 54A
Referral of questions to a referee(1) Subject to the Rules of Court, the Court may by order refer:
(a) a proceeding in the Court; or
(b) one or more questions arising in a proceeding in the Court;
to a referee for inquiry and report in accordance with the Rules of Court.
(2) A referral under subsection (1) may be made at any stage of a proceeding.
(3) If a report of a referee under subsection (1) is provided to the Court, the Court may deal with the report as it thinks fit, including by doing the following:
(a) adopting the report in whole or in part;
(d) making such orders as the Court thinks fit in respect of any
proceeding or question referred to the referee.